The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
NEARLY FIFTY MILLION BIBLES.
Printed in 165 Languages and Distrib
uted broadcast Over the World.


The American Bible society has just com
piled the results of its work for the past year.
1t has issued 977, COS volumes, besides zoe
in foreign lands. This makes the total num-
Der OF Bibles issued by the society since its or
ganization in 1916 IS, 356.25l The corrected
proof of the last pages of the New Testament
In Ponape have been returned from Microne-
STA, and the last pages of the Muskokee Testa-
ment from Okmulgee. The Dakotans want
new edition in their language.
The American Bible society has published
the Bible in all the languages of Europe, and
ia Reyal- Estonian, Irish. Finnish, four dia-
lects of Africa, Gsebo- Mpongwe, Benga, Di-
kele, Zulu; in the languages Of the Sandwich
Islands and Micronesia; in the Slavic, Bulga-
rian, Chinese and japanese, and in ten North
American Indian dialects, making forty eight
in all Those issued by the British and For
eign Bible society makes the total number or
languages and dialects in which the Bible is
printed to-day by these societies I65. OF
these the oldest looking are the Irish, Sla-
vonic, Turkish and Azerbijan or Tartar
Turkish, Georgian, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic,
Tigre (Which has colon after every word,
Amharic, Persian, Pail, Pari-Guierati,
Sindhi, Cararese, Malaylam, Undu, Orissa,
Siamese, Burman, Tibetah, Karen, Java
nese, Coptic Cree Time and Cherokee.
How many translators do you employF
was asked of the Rev DIR. Alex. Mclean, one
of the secretaries.
ave have no translators. The work is
done By the missionaries, who have to study
the language of the country in which they
labor. The Bible society pays their expenses
while they are translating for US"
~How many Bibles have been printed for
the blinds7
There were issued last year 207; the entire
number in forty years is 14,lS There are
in the raised letter form"
"What are the new Bibles for the blind!"
ave printed twelve years ago a Bible in
the New York point print, and have printed
the Psalms in the same, and have now com
pleted the Gospel according to St John"
"What is the point print.'
1T is a system of points that represent
either separately or by combination the let
tiers of the alphabet The old raised letters
could not be readily detected by fingers that
had become calloused by basket making, at
which many blind people work The points
can be felt by the dullest finger
The cost of supplying the Bible in foreign
lands is $100, 1924 more than is received
from them. One-ninth of all the families
visited by the agents are destitute of the
| Bible
1t took DR. Eli Smith and DIR. Van Dyck
sixteen years 60 translate the Bible into the
| Arabic. DIR. Schauffier spent fourteen years
| on the Osmanlee version. DR. Schereschew
| sky fifteen years to render the Old Testament
| into the Mandarin Colloquial. DIR. William
son and DIR. Riggs spent forty years on tbs
| Dakotan version One of them estimates
that he spent ON an average thirty minute:
on every verse he translated. Since Bible so
cieties were organized $50 versions have beer
produced in about POO languages and dialects
| New York Sun